Tuesday, March 1, 2011

3.1 Diction Exercise

A. Words
Stubbornly, appetite, dreamy, presence, idly, stillness, buried, mournful, absolute

B. Elements of Diction
1. Concreteness; straightforward, unequivocal
2. Sound; aggressive, coarse

C. Claim
In the poem "It Is Not The Fact That I Will Die That I Mind," the author, Jim Moore, employs coarse and aggressive sounding words to expose the frustration he feels about his inevitable demise.

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